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Democrats’ ‘For The People’ Bill Heavy On Election Security

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, January 4th, 2019

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Democrats’ ‘For The People’ Bill Heavy On Election Security

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Democrats on Friday released a huge reform bill aimed at ensuring voting rights, strengthening ethics in the executive branch, improving transparency in campaign financing, and bolstering the security of America’s election systems. The 571-page For the People Act (H.R. 1) includes two bills previously introduced by Democrats in 2018 aimed at improving financial support for election systems, including cyber security standards for vendors of voting systems, directing the Department of Homeland Security to assess threats to election systems, and creating…

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